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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1931
Page
8
A brief item notes the Literary Chronicle doubting Thomas version of Jesus life and discusses rejection proof cocktails tied to Prohibition era. It cites critics and themes of doubt, faith, and spirits, framing a cultural debate in concise media style.
At the Friday club meeting in Asheboro on January 31 Mrs I C Moser hosted and Miss Elba Henninger head of Greensboro College dramatic art read a Barrie play to members and visitors. After the program refreshments were served. On Saturday theater party honored eight year old Jane Page Walker at Sunset theater with friends and a party at Carolina Soda Shop.
A review of North Carolina Poets edited by Anne Windsor from International Writers' League notes that North Carolina poetry reflects southern mellow warmth with dreaminess and yearning. Lilla Vass Shepherd shines. Maud Idol Smith's Music of Life stands out. Windsor's introduction, though controversial, aims to spark greater interest in lyric verse.
English writer Gilbert K. Chesterton discusses Hillaire Belloc and his mystery The Man Who Made Gold while promising a future book review. The piece lauds Shakespeare and urges renewed interest in North Carolina and Southern poets amid growing literary interest.
Ohio convict No 57 419 in the Ohio Penitentiary for robberies near Cleveland plans restitution through writing. In prison about three years he aims to earn money from poems sold to various publications, including Good Housekeeping. He says writing began in childhood and quotes Evening Benediction about stars and hymn. His schooling ended before high school completion.
In Hurley Wisconsin Texas Jack Richard sought shelter from cold weather for weeks. After failing to gain entry to a jail he attempted a robbery to end his prison deprivation. He pleaded before County Judge Flandigha for a three year state prison sentence claiming he could eat more regularly.
The article reviews Mr. Morf's The Polish Heritage of Joseph Conrad, noting Conrad's restless seafaring life and introspective gift. It highlights Morf's claim that destiny and imagination drive Conrad, yet criticizes the book for overreliance on quotations and abrupt style while praising its synthesis of insights into the author’s inherited traits and imaginative power.
In Raleigh the short session neared a close as both chambers wrapped up a week focused on the MacLean six months school law. Debates spanned nine hours in the senate and house, with a companion ad valorem tax bill entering the hopper. Governor Gardner pressed highway and road reforms while the state government committee signaled plans to reorganize higher education and centralize purchasing and banking.
Martin Flavin’s Spindrift is an ironic drama about Peter Doremy, the artist whose dreams collapse under the weight of illusion and corporate mediocrity. The work pits the grasping American businessman against genuine beauty while tracing the father son and marital strains that dull creative power.
Review notes Komroff new book Two Thieves about the two men hung with Jesus. Flavin’s Peter characters lack depth, but old Peter shows a worn figure. Boots, an American businesswoman, is well drawn though overdrawn. Barrett H Clark calls the play suitable for the little theater, with poetic elements that suit the aim.
New York January 31 The ten best books published in 1930 were named by critic Fred erica Pisek Field. Fiction selections include All Our Yesterdays Look Homeward Angel Mothers Cry Cakes and Ale Laughing Boy. Non fiction includes The Story of San Michele and The American Leviathan. Field notes earlier lists compared to 1930 offerings. A separate list of twenty best American short stories is cited by Fred Lewis Pattee with authors Irving Harte James Jewett Stockton and Gilman among others.
A nightly radio series featuring Bill Ingram from Louisville excites Annapolis young men before ending. A student room wire connected radio to a telephone triggering mischief. Clarence Schultz, manager of 21 Sioux returning from Germany, says a secret: when the cheap big Indians misbehave just tell their wives.
Howard Major of New York leads the fashion as white linen tuxedos dominate society gatherings with silk belts replacing waistcoats. In Ballybay a tale of an Irish David Harum follows a man buying a horse at a fair and failing to locate the owner. The seller chases the fleeing horse 17 miles in an automobile and then refuses to complete the sale.
Sofia Bulgaria on his 37th birthday King Boris is gifted a sweater knitted by his bride who is ill with influenza. The sentimental present from a sick bed highlights the personal moment amid official celebrations.
London introduces Sir Harry Lauder's new song Pin Your Faith on the Motherland with words by J Howie Milligan. Milligan penned the piece during his service as an officer of the British steamship fleet.
The Grampian transported American troops to France and helped rescue torpedoed American soldiers. In Algeria at Sidi Bel Abbes, Germans now make up about 40 percent of the French Foreign Legion’s effectives.
Mrs. J. R. Hankins, defendant in the alienation of affections suit involving Mrs. Alexandra B. Hankins, testifies she treated her daughter-in-law's four children as a grandmother would. The testimony supports her denial that she and her husband tried to alienate their son's affection for his wife.
The Chinese Anti Missionary Society sparked the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 as Christians faced massacres. Foreign powers united to restore order and quell the unrest.
Call 2039 to contact the Emergency Committee for Employment at City Hall basement. Mrs W E Price, full time secretary, or her assistant, answer calls to coordinate needed cook, cleaning, grounds, or repair work and help relieve local unemployment.
Ivan Nazhivin, a Russian novelist, resumes his historical novel on Jesus told as the doubting Thomas might write it. His upcoming book According to Thomas will be published by Harper and Brothers on February 5, following prior translations and praise, with other current literary releases noted including Hazlitt essays and wartime journals.
B M Marlow 63 longtime Asheville city market supervisor was found dead after a shotgun he was cleaning discharged in his market office. Coroner and police ruled accidental, saying evidence supports no inquest. Marlow's death came on his last day as supervisor before his job was eliminated in the city economy plan.
Asheboro Rotary Club welcomed Walter Lambeth of Thomasville the congressman elect from the seventh district as luncheon speaker. He discussed his Gridiron club attendance and interactions with many notable people. Guests included Mrs. Wm. C. Hammer and Harriette Hammer Walker, widow and daughter of the late Congressman Wm. Co. Hammer.
At the weekly Kiwanis supper in Asheboro I C Moser former Randolph representative discussed proposed highway plans bills 84 to 85 and the club went on record favoring them calling for a statewide license and memorializing their Randolph rep to back the measures.
Randolph Oerarl King appealed Friday morning to investigate a Thursday evening burglary at Balfour school building. Officers say the incident likely staged by youths as only minor items such as baseball bats tablets and pencils were taken.
Prof. F B Paddock of Iowa State College explains the origin of the honeymoon idea telling how newly married couples stayed at home for one moon and fed honey to visitors, a practice that gave the term its name.
Mexico City El Paso and Brownsville Mazatlan airlines logged over 1 250 000 miles in 1930 according to company offices. The year featured numerous flights supporting government highway and irrigation survey work while every flight ended without an accident.
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